Although operational for more than twenty years, Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) has rarely been used in riverine areas. The US Bureau of Reclamation adopted it to study how flow change...

2007 marked the thirteenth consecutive annual Intergeo. The venue for this major conference and trade-fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management, held this year from 24th to 28th September, shifts...

This is the second Product Survey on Airborne Lidar Sensors; the last appeared under the title ‘Airborne Laser-scanners’ in our May 2004 issue. Seven companies were willing to co-operate by...

Attendance more than doubled at SPAR 2006J, Spar its second annual forum on capturing and managing existing-conditions data last week in Kawasaki, Japan. Total attendance reached 187, up from 65...

Institute of Geomatics (Spain) is organising modules of the International MSc. in Airborne Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. The language of the course is English. Registration is open for all modules....

In this month’s Insider’s View Prof. Heinz Rüther puts some critical points on the shortcomings of laser-scanning technology in the spatial documentation of heritage sites. We invited manufacturers of laser-scanning...

Optech Incorporated focuses on the development, manufacture and support of advanced, lidar-based survey solutions. Established in 1974 as a privately held, Canadian-owned research and development firm, Optech was originally an...

The combination of 3D-laser scanning and side-scan sonar can be very beneficial for mapping complicated waterside areas; the two systems are complementary. High-resolution surveys were performed over a two-year period...

Geokosmos (Russia) has completed the 3D mapping project using digital technologies in Andalusia, autonomous region of Spain for various Municipal authorities. Using aerial laser scanning technology, Geokosmos conducted a survey...

Since its 1974 ‘spin-off’ from the Physics Department of York University in Toronto, Optech has grown to become a world leader in the development, manufacture and sale of advanced laser-based...